Fast enough for wathing youtube videos or should i pay 60 Euro for an Mac Mini with 1.42 Ghz.

I don't think the difference between 1.25 and 1.42 will be spectacular. Both should play YouTube in 360-480p well. 720 is a no-go (1.5 version struggles - and looses - with it). Of course the magical YouTube overlay scripts from OWB are your friends.

OWB should be opened on its own screen because of low VRAM.

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I cant find an Mac Mini 1.5 with 64 Mb Vram.

Search for 1.42 ones without the 56k modem. It's likely that they're just badged as 1.42, but in reality they are the 1.5 GHz ones (hence the "silent upgrade" nick). In any case - it's worth checking by the serial number prior to purchase.

This mini looks also very good.Do u think i should pay more for that mini.It is difficult to find an PowerMac G4 > 1 Ghz.I have used an PowerMac g4 800 Mhz, was very buggy with OWB.I have loved to use my Studio Display with the Mini bur 100 bucks for an adc dvi adapter is realy heavy.

Most of the time i am coding with flow studio, i dont think i need 64 Mb VRAM ?

I have loved to use my Studio Display with the Mini bur 100 bucks for an adc dvi adapter is realy heavy.

I can get you a DIY converter for about 15 EUR (you'd need an external power brick though).

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Most of the time i am coding with flow studio, i dont think i need 64 Mb VRAM ?

You don't need 64 MB of VRAM for coding, that's for sure (unless you like really high resolution and fancy graphical effects while coding). The web surfing (on a separate screen, not Ambient) shouldn't consume all you VRAM also.

In most cases 32MB VRAM is enough. Only if you use 3 or more applications with true color in very high resolution, it may run out of VRAM. Using hi-color instead of true color will then be a good idea.....I'm running a Mini with 32MB VRAM in max resolution of 1280x1024 (4:3-LED-Monitor) without running out of VRAM, even in running 4 apps in true color at same time....

You might want to consider buying a Powerbook as a desktop system. Just close the lid after pressing the power button then use it with an external display and input devices like with a Mac mini or Powermac.

Powerbooks with 64 or even 128 MB of VMEM appear to be easier to find and are often quite inexpensive compared to 1.5 Ghz Mac minis.

Fast enough for wathing youtube videos or should i pay 60 Euro for an Mac Mini with 1.42 Ghz.

I don't think the difference between 1.25 and 1.42 will be spectacular. Both should play YouTube in 360-480p well. 720 is a no-go (1.5 version struggles - and looses - with it). Of course the magical YouTube overlay scripts from OWB are your friends.

OWB should be opened on its own screen because of low VRAM.

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I cant find an Mac Mini 1.5 with 64 Mb Vram.

Search for 1.42 ones without the 56k modem. It's likely that they're just badged as 1.42, but in reality they are the 1.5 GHz ones (hence the "silent upgrade" nick). In any case - it's worth checking by the serial number prior to purchase.

Kronos schrieb:In case you have an idea whats wrong with your PowerMac I might be able to help you out, as I still have plenty QuickSilver parts, heck even a spare SonnetDual G4 at 1.8GHz.

And an DVI to ADC that I got as an unexpected freebie ;)

Yes the CPU Card died. Thats what i know.But the G4 also had the problem that if i dont connect the studio display the powermac starts and after 20 seconds it shutdown.With the ADC Display connected everything was fine.Maybe a faulty PSU

the question is it is worth to get an g4 with 1,42 / 1.5 for 20 to 30 Euro more ?

1.42 is not necessarily worth the additional 20 or 30 EUR, but 1.5 Ghz is due to the 64 MB VRAM. Depends of course on screen resolution.My 1.5GHz mini is pretty often struggling with VRAM - display is a full hd display - the 64 MB are eaten up pretty fast. On my Powerbook with 64 MB VRAM as well, but lower resolution, the 64 MB VRAM is rather plenty.

Apart from that I really like the Mac mini. It's neat and rather fast and well done.

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Thanks in advance, I'll probably take the powerbook but also the Mac Mini. The display of what should be used has a resolution of 1280x1024 I do not think that there should be 16 bit color depth problems with the VRAM. Especially since I use no transparency effects and my standard theme is almost black and my background image also has a dark texture. I do not even assume that the few Mhz really do more. Does one know if the mini is a standard ATA 2.5-inch hard drive installed?I could also get a G5 for 50 Euros with 1.8 Ghz and 2 GB Ram. But since only one CPU is supported and the power consumption of the box is really huge, that should not be an alternative, especially considering that the shipping cost me 35 euros. I had with the Powermac G4 with 800 Mhz and 32 Mb VRAM genuinely up to the slow processor no problems. I also think that the 450 Mhz more in mini should bring more speed than the Powermac G4. And the mini is quieter too,

sojuniter schrieb:Thanks in advance, I'll probably take the powerbook but also the Mac Mini. The display of what should be used has a resolution of 1280x1024 I do not think that there should be 16 bit color depth problems with the VRAM. Especially since I use no transparency effects and my standard theme is almost black and my background image also has a dark texture. I do not even assume that the few Mhz really do more. Does one know if the mini is a standard ATA 2.5-inch hard drive installed?I could also get a G5 for 50 Euros with 1.8 Ghz and 2 GB Ram. But since only one CPU is supported and the power consumption of the box is really huge, that should not be an alternative, especially considering that the shipping cost me 35 euros. I had with the Powermac G4 with 800 Mhz and 32 Mb VRAM genuinely up to the slow processor no problems. I also think that the 450 Mhz more in mini should bring more speed than the Powermac G4. And the mini is quieter too,

It's a Standard 2.5" drive. Replacing is rather easy and i had no issues With a cheap msata to pata Adapter to Upgrade With an ssd.

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Well, you know what they say: "There's nothing impossible for a man with a dremel and courage". Also, he could probably use some kind of HDD caddy in place of the Combo drive (who needs the optical drives anyway?).